Prom 22 (part 2): Aurora Orchestra

Francesco Piemontesi, the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon live at the BBC Proms, with a programme of Brett Dean, Mozart, Anna Meredith and Beethoven.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service

Brett Dean: Pastoral Symphony
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'

4.25 pm
INTERVAL

4.45 pm
Anna Meredith: Smatter Hauler (BBC commission) (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

The Aurora Orchestra staged a Proms first last year when it performed Mozart's Symphony No. 40 from memory. Now the dynamic young ensemble returns to continue this season's sequence of family-friendly matinees, giving Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony the same direct, communicative treatment. It is paired with Australian composer Brett Dean's own homage to nature - a work, he explains, inspired by 'glorious birdsong, the threat that it faces, the loss, and the soulless noise that we're left with when they're all gone'. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Francesco Piemontesi joins the orchestra for Mozart's late 'Coronation' Concerto, and the afternoon also features the premiere of a new commission from British composer Anna Meredith - also performed from memory by a mixed ensemble of Aurora Orchestra players and young musicians aged 15 - 23.

[This Prom will be repeated on Friday 7th August at 2pm].